Cross-disciplinary university engagement in Southeast Asia: the establishment of a One Health university network in Southeast Asia (SEAOHUN)

摘要

Background: Established in May 2011 with support of the USAID RESPOND project, SEAOHUN (Southeast Asia One Health University Network) includes 14 faculties of veterinary medicine, medicine, public health and nursing from 10 universities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The mission is to ‘leverage the training, education, and research capacities of the university network to build the skills, knowledge and attitude base for One Health leaders’. The Deans of the member faculties proposed four objectives for the network, (i) to promote and advance the One Health approach for control of emerging and re-emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases (EZDs); (ii) to improve the competencies of One Health professionals; (iii) to build a One Health evidence base through research activity; (iv) to build cadres of trained professionals to be One Health current and future leaders.